How to build a good Pokemon team?

[Mr Khan]

Mnementh said:

spemanig said:

Pokemon is way more complex than that. No one wins Pokemon with brute strength alone. Sweepers are usually really easy to take out without back up, and a whole team of them is borderline suicide.

Honestly, you can't just ignore a Pokemon's base stats, even in the begining. You may be forgiven for ignoring EV's, IV's and maybe even Natures, but Pokemon isn't a game where you can just "win with your favorites." Flareon has an amazing attack stat, but is a shitty Pokemon. Meganium has pretty solid defenses, but it's a shitty Pokemon. Bastiodon, a steel type, has amazing defensive stats, but you'd be laughed at for using one, because it's shit.

When looking for a Pokemon to fill a roll you need, it's not as simple as thinking "I need this type for my wall and this one for my sweeper." Porygon 2 is an exellect wall/tank, but it's a Normal type, and it's defensive stats are only slightly above average.

I like I said, start by copying other teams and learning how they work. You don't learn to compose by writing your own music. You do so by reading other people's music.

Hmm, a lot of work, and I just don't weant to be a punching bag online. *sigh*

You can play to the tiers if you want to focus on specific Pokemon who might not be the best. There are competitions that focus on taking the "bad" Pokemon and still fighting with them. Though that does not go for general play.